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2017-08-18T00:51:01.000000000-04:00
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The ousted chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc called a lawsuit filed against him by one of the company's top investors a "public and personal attack" without merit, according to court documents filed late on Thursday.

2017-08-18T00:50:18.000000000-04:00
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain mounted a sweeping anti-terror operation on Friday after a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds in Barcelona, killing 13 people before fleeing, in what police suspect was one of multiple planned attacks.

2017-08-18T00:40:04.000000000-04:00
BRIDGEWATER, N.J./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump decried on Thursday the removal of monuments to the pro-slavery Civil War Confederacy, echoing white nationalists and drawing stinging rebukes from fellow Republicans in a controversy that has inflamed racial tensions.

2017-08-17T23:29:09.000000000-04:00
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has removed the two senior officers and the senior enlisted sailor on a U.S. warship that almost sank off the coast of Japan in June after it was struck by a Philippine container ship, the Navy said on Friday.

2017-08-17T22:27:13.000000000-04:00
(Reuters) - As communities across the United States redouble efforts to remove Confederate monuments from public spaces after a far-right rally in Virginia turned deadly, city leaders now face another conundrum: what to do with the statues.

2017-08-17T22:14:13.000000000-04:00
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela will hunt down and jail leaders of violent protests that have rocked the country since April, its new top prosecutor said on Thursday, a day before a hate crimes law was expected to be approved despite fears that it will be used to crush dissent.

2017-08-17T21:47:37.000000000-04:00
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has abandoned plans to create an infrastructure advisory council, the White House said on Thursday, the day after two other advisory groups were dismantled over the furor caused by Trump's remarks on white supremacists.

2017-08-17T17:52:52.000000000-04:00
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Republican senators, an approach he may regret if he is someday impeached and the Senate has to weigh charges against him stemming from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

2017-08-17T15:48:09.000000000-04:00
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire activist investor William Ackman on Thursday said Automatic Data Processing Inc's stock price could double in the next five years if the human resources outsourcing company cuts costs, streamlines its business and invests in technology upgrades.

2017-04-11T11:33:02.000000000+00:00
When the Badminton World Federation unveiled its weekly rankings
on April 6, PV Sindhu's superlative showing gained global
recognition. India's star badminton player had moved up to No. 2 from
No. 5.